Pine Bunting – a first for the drylands of Lleida

I mentioned the Pine Bunting on an earlier thread but didn’t have the all-important image to go with it. Well, here it is, thanks to my friend from Barcelona, one of Catalonia’s most incorrigible twitchers, Rafa Armada. By the way, Rafa has now seen three Pine Buntings in Spain!

Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalus

Male Pine Bunting observed near Lleida, northeast Spain. Photo by Rafa Armada.  

Rafa spent his time on this bird, and he was probably the last birder to see it, on the 21st January.

Who knows where it is now?

Any predictions for the next rarity that will turn up near Lleida?

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